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Patti

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Unapologetically left of center, Geocacher, Traveler, Star Wars Fan, Star Trek Fan, Adoptee, History Buff, Disney Nerd, and more! #LFGM Reviewer & Blogger: https://thoughtsfromthemountaintop.com/

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Patti @pattinh.bsky.social · 17h

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 2d

It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.

Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.

Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!

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Patti @pattinh.bsky.social · 1d

My review of Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin – Gallifrey Revealed #DoctorWho #ClassicDoctorWho #Gallifrey #sciencefiction #sciencefictiontelevision #TimeLord #timetravel #TomBaker

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Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin – Gallifrey Revealedopinions, ideas, thoughts, & reviews

Written by Robert HolmesDirected by David Maloney Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series that has been around off and on since 1963. The main character is just known as “Th…

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Patti @pattinh.bsky.social · 1d

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Patti @pattinh.bsky.social · 2d

My review of the audiobook Star Wars: Padawan by Kiersten White – Exploring Obi-Wan’s Journey #booksky #audiobook #bookreview #Jedi #Obi-WanKenobi #Qui-GonJinn #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #starwars #StarWarsbooks #YoungAdultbooks

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Audiobook Review – Star Wars: Padawan by Kiersten White – Exploring Obi-Wan’s Journeyopinions, ideas, thoughts, & reviews

This 2022 young-adult book fills in some of the backstory of Obi-Wan “Ben” Kenobi in the Star Wars universe. Set at a time when he first becomes a Padawan, he has a rather unconventiona…

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Patti @pattinh.bsky.social · 2d

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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Patti @pattinh.bsky.social · 2d

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Patti @pattinh.bsky.social · 3d

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Patti @pattinh.bsky.social · 3d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 4d

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.